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Two Towns Collaborate Amid Salt Shortage

FALCONER – Due to the harsh conditions that have pummeled Chautauqua County recently, two area towns found themselves working together to piece together enough salt to clear roads. The salt that had been ordered by the county Public Facilities Department ran low, forcing the county to conservatively disperse the little that was remaining. This would cause shortages throughout towns, yet a story of municipal collaboration emerged from all the chaos. At the recent Ellicott Town Board meeting on Feb. 3, Highway Superintendent Robert Pickett detailed more about the effects of the ...

Dunkirk Town Sued Over Solar Farm Permit

The legal fight over a proposed town of Dunkirk solar energy farm continues. A Fredonia-based lawyer who owns land adjacent to the Williams Street site has sued over the Dunkirk Town Board’s September approval of a permit for the project. The board seemed at the time to feel hemmed in by another court ruling, which overturned its denial of a permit for the project in February. James Dimmer filed suit Jan. 15 to overturn the decision allowing the project. In his court filing, he declares the decision was “in violation of law, without or in excess of its jurisdiction, was made in ...

Chautauqua 4-H Children Give Presentations

Chautauqua County 4-H, managed by the Cornell Cooperative Extension, has once again hosted the children’s presentations, allowing children of all ages from around the community to present on a topic of great passion to them. Lisette Cabrera, 4-H program coordinator, spoke more on the ...

Council To Consider Resolution Reinstating Title Of Police Chief

Following the retirement last week of Police Chief and Director of Public Safety Timothy Jackson, the city council has a resolution coming before them at tonight’s city council work session to officially reinstate the Police Chief title. Previously, both the Police Chief and Fire Chief titles fell under the same realm of Director of Public Safety. The Fire Chief title was reinstated following Matthew Coon’s retirement in May 2025, and now the city is looking to do the same with the Police Chief, and fully abolish the Director of Public Safety title. According to the agenda for ...

Tanglewood Residents Make Hats For Babies At UPMC Chautauqua

Residents of Tanglewood Manor recently came together to support some of the community’s smallest and most vulnerable members by handcrafting more than 30 hats for premature babies in the UPMC maternity unit. After weeks of work, residents and staff personally delivered the hats to the UPMC ...